As we age, we experience changes in our nighttime sleep and daytime wakefulness.
Individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease (AD) can develop sleep problems even before …

In contrast to newborns, who spend 16–20 h in sleep each day, adults need only about
sleep daily. However, many elderly may struggle to obtain those 8 h in one block. In addition …

Older adults do not sleep as well as younger adults. Why? What alterations in sleep quantity
and quality occur as we age, and are there functional consequences? What are the …

Sleep is a fundamental necessity of life. However, sleep health and sleep disorders are not
equitably distributed across racial/ethnic groups. In fact, growing research consistently …

Over more than a century of research has established the fact that sleep benefits the
retention of memory. In this review we aim to comprehensively cover the field of “sleep and …

Unobtrusive home sleep monitoring using wrist-worn wearable photoplethysmography
(PPG) could open the way for better sleep disorder screening and health monitoring …

Men and women sleep differently. While much is known about the mechanisms that drive
sleep, the reason for these sex differences in sleep behaviour is unknown and understudied …

Previous attempts have been made to address sleep disorders in women; however,
significant knowledge gaps in research and a lack of awareness among the research …

Sleep monitoring may provide markers for future Alzheimer's disease; however, the
relationship between sleep and cognitive function in preclinical and early symptomatic …

Persistent insomnia is among the most frequent complaints in general practice. To identify
genetic factors for insomnia complaints, we performed a genome-wide association study …